One Blue World: November 2024

Māori Whale Conservation (Frontiers):

How legal personhood & markets can partner to help save the whale

Changing Pacific Arctic Ocean (Nature):

Enhanced wind mixing & deepened mixed layer in the Pacific Arctic shelf seas with low summer sea ice

Global Heatwave Hotspots (PNAS):

Global emergence of regional heatwave hotspots outpaces climate model simulations

Antarctic Ice Sheet > Albedo Dynamics (Nature):

Weathering crust formation outpaces melt-albedo feedback on blue ice shelves of East Antarctica

Paris & EU Trade Agreements (INEA):

Strengthening the Paris Agreement through trade? The potential & limitations of EU preferential trade agreements for climate governance

Polar Ice Sheets, Tipping Risks & Cascading Effects (Nature):

Polar ice sheets are decisive contributors to uncertainty in climate tipping projections

Global CO2 Dynamics & Disasters (Nature):

Stabilising CO2 concentration as a channel for global disaster risk mitigation

The Netherlands, Sweden & Norway > Urban Adaptation (RHCPP):

Variations of riskification: Climate change adaptation in four European cities

China > Heatwaves & Diabetes (Nature):

Mortality burden of diabetes attributable to high temperature & heatwave under climate change scenarios in China

Arctic Indigenous-Led Sustainability (Nature):

The benefits of Indigenous-led social science: a mindset for Arctic sustainability

Mumbia, India > Vulnerability & Adaptation (Nature):

Identifying future challenges for climate change adaptation through insights from participatory scenario-downscaling in Mumbai

Global Terrestrial Water Storage & Sea Levels (Surv. Geophys.):

An Abrupt Decline in Global Terrestrial Water Storage & Its Relationship with Sea Level Change

Plastic Pollution Impacts (2 Studies):

Environ. Int.: A multidisciplinary perspective on the role of plastic pollution in the triple planetary crisis

Mar. Pollut. Bull.: Plastics counteract the ability of Antarctic krill to promote the blue carbon pathway in the deep ocean

AMOC Slowdown (Nature):

Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation slowdown modulates wind-driven circulations in a warmer climate

Mediterranean > Sea Level & Tsunamis (Nature):

Including sea-level rise & vertical land movements in probabilistic tsunami hazard assessment for the Mediterranean Sea

Antarctic Sea Ice Dynamics (Nature):

Understanding the drivers & predictability of record low Antarctic sea ice in austral winter 2023

Conflict-Affected Communities & Adaptation (WIREs Review):

Adaptation & Peace: Extending the Agenda for Capacity-Building in Climate & Conflict-Affected Communities

Assessing Rewilding Initiatives (CSP):

Rewilding through inappropriate species introduction: The case of European bison in Spain

Global Compound Drought-Heatwave Occurrence & Inequality (Nature):

Anthropogenic climate change doubled the frequency of compound drought & heatwaves in low-income regions

US & Europe > Litigation Market Response (Nature):

Impacts of climate litigation on firm value

Taking Individual Action (Nature):

Climate actions by climate & non-climate researchers

Nigeria > Agricultural Conflicts (Ecol. Econ.):

Climate change & the farmer-Pastoralist's violent conflict: Experimental evidence from Nigeria

Brazilian Amazon Deforestation & Respiratory Health (Nature):

Health benefits of reduced deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon

Siberia > Wildfires & Permafrost Thaw (ESD):

Environmental drivers & remote sensing proxies of post-fire thaw depth in eastern Siberian larch forests

Intensifying Hurricanes (Environ. Res. Climate):

Human-caused ocean warming has intensified recent hurricanes

AMOC Slowdown (Science):

Revisiting climate impacts of an AMOC slowdown: dependence on freshwater locations in the North Atlantic

North Atlantic Freshwater Accumulation (Nature):

Arctic freshwater anomaly transiting to the North Atlantic delayed within a buffer zone

Correcting Ocean Cold Temp Bias (Nature):

Early-twentieth-century cold bias in ocean surface temperature observations

Arizona, US > Forest Changes (For. Ecol. Manage.):

Multi-decadal aspen dynamics show recruitment bottleneck across complex mountain community

AMOC Weakening (The Conversation Story on Paywalled Nature Study):

The Conversation: Meltwater from Greenland & the Arctic is weakening ocean circulation, speeding up warming down south

Nature (Paywall): Weakening of the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation driven by subarctic freshening since the mid-twentieth century

Greenland > Predicting Ice Loss (2 Studies):

Nature: Regional ice flow piracy following the collapse of Midgaard Glacier in Southeast Greenland

J of Glaciology: Recent & future variability of the ice-sheet catchment of Sermeq Kujalleq (Jakobshavn Isbræ), Greenland

Eurasian Extreme Heatwaves (Nature):

Dry soil moisture on the Tibetan plateau drives synchronous extreme heatwaves in Europe & East Asia

Amazon Logging Recovery (Trees For. People):

Forest biomass recovery twenty-four years after conventional & reduced-impact logging in Eastern Amazon

US > Tribal Lands & Clean Energy (Sustainability):

Opportunities & Barriers for Agrivoltaics on Tribal Lands

US > Drought & Biodiversity (Nature):

Climate change scenarios forecast increased drought exposure for terrestrial vertebrates in the contiguous US

China > CO2 Emissions (Nature):

Full-coverage estimation of CO2 concentrations in China via multisource satellite data & Deep Forest model

US > Shoreline Retreat (Nature):

Scalable, data-assimilated models predict large-scale shoreline response to waves & sea-level rise

Canada > Indigenous Peoples & Biocultural Conservation (Conserv. Sci. Pract.):

Cultural keystone species & their role in biocultural conservation

New Book (Routledge):

Human Rights Approaches to Planetary Crises: From Climate Change to Plastic Pollution

Google Image Searching & Policy Support (Nature):

Internet image search outputs propagate climate change sentiment & impact policy support

Consumption Patterns & Planetary Boundaries (Nature):

Keeping the global consumption within the planetary boundaries

Greenland & AMOC Intensity (Science):

Extreme wind events responsible for an outsized role in shelf-basin exchange around the southern tip of Greenland

Australia > Megafire Impacts (Nature):

Biodiversity impacts of the 2019–2020 Australian megafires

Worldwide Carbon Mitigation / Credit Projects (Nature):

Systematic assessment of the achieved emission reductions of carbon crediting projects

US > Spanish-Language News Coverage (Environ. Commun.):

Localizing (or Not) Climate Change in Spanish-Language Newspapers in the US

Hawaiʻi > Indigenous Resilience (2 Frontiers Articles):

Kīpuka Kuleana: restoring relationships to place & strengthening climate adaptation through a community-based land trust

ʻĀina as resilience: mapping community networks & collaborative care in Hawaiʻi

Indigenous Knowledge & Adaptation Planning (Frontiers):

Indigenous knowledge in climate adaptation planning: reflections from initial efforts

Gulf of Alaska > Marine Heatwaves (Nature):

Marine heatwaves suppress ocean circulation & large vortices in the Gulf of Alaska

Worldwide Warming Estimate (Nature):

Estimated human-induced warming from a linear temperature & atmospheric CO2 relationship
Nature News: Global warming is on the cusp of crucial 1.5 °C threshold, suggest ice-core data

Greenland > Tundra Herbivore & Plant Impacts (PNAS Nexus):

Large herbivores link plant phenology & abundance in Arctic tundra

Temperate Rainforest Impacts (Earth's Future):

Large Reductions in Temperate Rainforest Biome Due to Unmitigated Climate Change

Massive Volcanic Eruptions Disrupt Weather Patterns (Nature Commentary):

The next massive volcano eruption will cause climate chaos — & we are unprepared

Maldives > Mangrove Dieback (Nature):

Sea-level rise & extreme Indian Ocean Dipole explain mangrove dieback in the Maldives

Greenland > Melt Projections (ERL):

Projected changes of Greenland's periphery glaciers & ice caps

WMO Global Report:

State of the Climate 2024 Update for COP29 (Download 12 pg)

Svalbard > Wind Systems (Nature):

Coastal lake sediments from Arctic Svalbard suggest colder summers are stormier

Arctic Sea-Ice Loss Dynamics (Nature):

Emergence of a climate oscillation in the Arctic Ocean due to global warming

Goals & Outcomes (Dialogues on Climate Change Commentary):

Is limiting the temperature increase to 1.5°C still possible?

European Alps > Warming Caves (Nature):

Climate warming detected in caves of the European Alps

Global Mountain Snow Cover (Nature):

Uneven global retreat of persistent mountain snow cover alongside mountain warming from ERA5-land

England & Wales > Coastal Risks (Nature):

Vulnerability assessment of English & Welsh coastal areas

Antarctic Seasonal Responses (Nature):

Antarctic extreme seasons under 20th & 21st century climate change

Global Wildfires & Plant-Soil Water Cycling (Nature):

Widespread & systematic effects of fire on plant–soil water relations

Bangladesh > Monsoons & Mental Health (Nature):

Psychological health declined during the post-monsoon season in communities impacted by sea-level rise in Bangladesh

Arctic-Boreal Region > Snow & Soil Carbon (Nature):

Warming-induced contrasts in snow depth drive the future trajectory of soil carbon loss across the Arctic-Boreal region

National Action Pathways (Nature):

The 4A climate action framework

China > Cultural Ecosystem Services (Nature):

Modeling the distribution of cultural ecosystem services based on future climate variables under different scenarios

Antarctic Ice Shelf Dynamics (Science):

Ross Ice Shelf frontal zone subjected to increasing melting by ocean surface waters

Salt Marshes As Blue Carbon Sinks (Nature):

Salt marsh litter decomposition varies more by litter type than by extent of sea-level inundation

Antarctic Sea Ice Variability (Nature):

Antarctic sea ice multidecadal variability triggered by Southern Annular Mode & deep convection

Europe > Extreme Rainfall (Nature):

How climate change intensified storm Boris’ extreme rainfall, revealed by near-real-time storylines

AMOC & Sea Ice (J of Climate):

The Role of Sea Ice Insulation Effects on the Probability of AMOC Transitions

New TEK Book (Oregon State U):

Indigenous Critical Reflections on Traditional Ecological Knowledge

Planetary Boundaries Update, Rockström, et al. (Nature Review):

Planetary Boundaries guide humanity’s future on Earth

Adaptation & The Vulnerable (Science Commentary):

Misguided negative adaptation narratives are hurting the poor

Island Nations > Flooding Risks (ERL):

Population exposure to flooding in Small Island Developing States under climate change

N Europe > Risks & Adaptation (Nature):

Modulation of Northern Europe near-term anthropogenic warming & wettening assessed through internal variability storylines

Growing Private Aircraft Emissions (Nature):

Private aviation is making a growing contribution to climate change

Global Plastic Pollution (One Earth):

Plastics pollution exacerbates the impacts of all planetary boundaries

Global Oceans & Changing Phytoplankton Biomass (Science):

Ocean-scale patterns of environment & climate changes driving global marine phytoplankton biomass dynamics

US > Western Drought (Science):

Anthropogenic warming has ushered in an era of temperature-dominated droughts in the western US

Salt Marsh Resilience To Sea-Level Rise (Nature):

Vegetation traits & biogeomorphic complexity shape the resilience of salt marshes to sea-level rise

US > Weather Shocks & Migration (PNAS):

Weather deviations linked to undocumented migration & return between Mexico & the US

US > Polarization, Politics & Fear (Nature):

How natural disasters & environmental fears shape American climate attitudes across political orientation

Arctic Sea Ice & N Pacific Cyclones (Nature):

Tropical cyclone activity over western North Pacific favors Arctic sea ice increase

Global Marine Pollution (Science):

Exploring global oceanic persistence & ecological effects of legacy persistent organic pollutants across five decades

Attribution Science (Nature Editorial):

Advances in attribution

Oceans, Energy & Carbon Cycles (Nature):

Submesoscales are a significant turbulence source in global ocean surface boundary layer

Mitigation & Tropical Atmospheric Dynamics (Nature):

Irreversible changes in the sea surface temperature threshold for tropical convection to CO2 forcing

US > Extreme Heat (Environ. Res. J.):

A rapid response process for evaluating causes of extreme temperature events in the US: The 2023 Texas/Louisiana heat wave as a prototype

Global Soil Carbon (National Science Review):

Global decline in microbial-derived carbon stocks with climate warming & its future projections

Wavier Jet Stream Dynamics (Nature):

Fast-get-faster explains wavier upper-level jet stream under climate change

W Africa > Soil Erosion (Sci. Total Environ.):

Climate change is intensifying rainfall erosivity & soil erosion in West Africa

Academic Conference Emissions (Nature):

A behaviour change strategy to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from international scientific conferences & meetings

Mitigation & N Atlantic Sea Level (Nature):

Fast recovery of North Atlantic sea level in response to atmospheric carbon dioxide removal

China & US > Interlinked Construction Emissions (Nature):

Comparative analysis of CO2 emission linkages of construction between China & the US using structural path analysis

France > Extreme Wildfire (Nature):

Attribution of summer 2022 extreme wildfire season in Southwest France to anthropogenic climate change

UK > Meat Consumption (Nature):

Smaller meat portions contribute the most to reducing meat consumption in the UK

Simulating Warming Stabilization (ESD):

Exploring climate stabilisation at different global warming levels in ACCESS-ESM-1.5

Global Ocean Heat Uptake (Nature):

Mitigation-driven global heat imbalance in the late 21st century

Arctic Dust, Cloud & Warming Dynamics (Nature):

Increasing Arctic dust suppresses the reduction of ice nucleation in the Arctic lower troposphere by warming

US > Energy Inequality (Science):

US federal resource allocations are inconsistent with concentrations of energy poverty

Global Streamflow Dynamics (Nature):

Direct vegetation response to recent CO2 rise shows limited effect on global streamflow